Chapter 673: Smart is wronged by cleverness

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Sima Yi, who was hiding in the rear army, felt cold on his back and dry throat when he saw the "Sima Yi" riding on the horse turned into a dead ant. But he suppressed the shock and anger in his heart, and just used his eyes to signal Yang Ren and Yang Ang-er to continue organizing troops to quickly pass through the valley, without even revealing any abnormality.

Since the last time Sima Fang was plotted against in his old nest in Yizhou, Sima Yi has been secretly looking for people who look similar to his body, and then he finds ways to recruit or kidnap them. Since then, he has become his own substitute, and is in a clear way to distract the enemy from the dangers of many people.

The fake "Sima Yi" riding on a horse was one of several substitutes he secretly raised. This time, when he went north just in case, Sima Yi brought two substitutes in the army. Now one of them was shot to death by Cao Xing, and the other one was still kept in the dark. He didn't know that the bowl of "technical rice" of being a substitute, and the other one would be trapped in if he didn't do it well.

The place where Cao Xing hid was when several Shadow Team members hung Cao Xing down with ropes and then took the rope away. Therefore, even though the Yizhou army in the valley had some doubts about Cao Xing's hiding place, it was too late to send someone to take out the ropes and hang people down to check, not to mention that Sima Yi secretly issued an order to pass through the Shooting Tiger Valley quickly.

Sima Yi was wondering why the vanguard troops stationed in Yi County did not send people to stop him from the ambush in the first place. Now, seeing the mysterious killer quietly taking the promoted name, he suddenly felt that the troops defending Yi County were indeed empty, so he came up with such a way to deal with him.

Sima Yi's suspicion was justified, but he did not expect that Cao Xing's attack was completely out of Jia Xu's plan. Until now, except for a few Shadow team members who were with Cao Xing, the rest of the others knew that Cao Xing was still alive.

As the saying goes: A wise man will have a mistake. At that time, Jia Xu was only concerned about leading his army to evacuate, but he forgot to deliberately leave some people near the Shehu Valley to dispel Sima Yi's suspicion. If Sima Yi passed through Shehu Valley safely, he would feel that he had arrived in Yi County so smoothly, then there might be some ambush in Yi County, or Jia Xu had a backup plan.

Once Sima Yi became suspicious, he would have doubts about the 5,000 vanguard soldiers stationed in Yi County who fled without fighting, and then Jia Xu's plan to blow up Yi County would have problems.

Now, Cao Xing's unintentional "makeup" happened to cater to Sima Yi's suspicion and fulfilled Jia Xu's plan. The 30,000 Yizhou troops did not bother to search for the assassins hidden in the Shooting Hu Valley, but quickly gathered and formed one after passing through the Shooting Hu Valley, and then quickly headed towards Yi County.

Late at night when the Yizhou army left, several shadow team members lurking in the distance hurried to the place where Cao Xing was hiding, put down the rope and hung Cao Xing, who had been lurking for three days, on the top of the valley.

A team member whispered: "General Cao, have you succeeded?"

Cao Xing replied in confusion: "If the person on the horse was indeed Sima Yi, I believe I did shoot through his throat. But I secretly observed through the "Qianliyan" and found that the Yizhou army did not have panic caused by the loss of the head coach, so I suspect that the person who was shot to death was not the real Sima Yi!"

Another team member added: "When we were in the dark room, we showed you Sima Yi's sketches. Although the distance is far away, we can still tell it out, right?"

Cao Xing said with certainty: "The person riding on the horse is indeed very similar to the portrait on the sketch, but this is not certain that it is Sima Yi. We should hurry to Yi County and remind the defenders there to pay attention to this matter!"

So a few people packed their luggage and rushed towards Yi County while the night was dark.

When Sima Yi led his army to Yi County, it was already night that day and it started to rain in the sky. He ordered the troops to camp on the spot and the army would attack the city at noon tomorrow.

That night, a force rushed out of Yi County to attack the camp, but was defeated by the Yizhou army, who had been prepared for it. Sima Yi became more convinced that the troops defending Yi County were limited.

At noon the next day, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, but Sima Yi showed a cold smile on his face. He calmly ordered: "The vine armored soldiers attacked the city!"

This time, Sima Yi learned from his previous lessons and used the most effective means from the beginning to prepare to conquer Yi County in one fell swoop.

When the five thousand vine armored soldiers who were siege in the first round of the city climbed to the head of Yixian County, they were surprised to find that there were no traces of defenders in the city, leaving only a silent empty city.

The news that the Yi County defenders were missing quickly reached Sima Yi. Sima Yi thought for a moment, and then said to Hu Lie and Tian Xu around him with great confidence: "It seems that Jia Xu has no choice but to use these tricks to confuse and delay our army's actions! I am sure that the retreating vanguard soldiers must have gone to the Xianqin area near Gaoping in the northeast direction, and Jia Xu is trading the city for time."

Hu Lie and Tian Xu nodded one after another and praised Sima Governor Sima's magical strategy.

Looking at the Yi County gate that was quietly opened in the rain, Sima Yi ordered the troops to wait on the spot, first let a force proficient in the mechanisms and secret passages enter Yi County and conduct a careful inspection of the entire city.

Two hours later, the troops entering the city came back and reported that no abnormalities were found in the city. Occasionally, some secret rooms were found, which were empty and did not hide any enemies. Sima Yi ordered the troops to enter the city to rest, and the sky was approaching evening.

After entering the city, Sima Yi still insisted on living in an inconspicuous ordinary courtyard, and let the second substitute live in the Hanyang County Governor's Mansion, which is Guoyuan's mansion.

Late at night, even Sima Yi himself was asleep. A few ghostly figures suddenly appeared in a tunnel half a mile away from Yi County. After they lit a thick black rope, they went to the distance without looking back.

This fuse was pulled from the underground of Yixian Gunpowder Depot. In order to ensure that the fuse does not go out when burning, Jia Xu used a engineering team to dig hard underground for more than ten days. He went deep into the tunnel several meters underground, and the air stored inside was enough for the fuse to burn and use, which was tested by the engineering team members at that time.

Then night fell, Cao Xing finally approached Yixian County. Looking at the direction of the dark city in the distance, he was about to ask the team members around him how to connect with the shadow team members in the city. At this time, a scene that he would never forget for life happened.

Cao Xing first saw a sudden fire in the direction of Yi County, almost like a huge firework. Then he felt a violent shaking on the ground under his feet, and finally heard a dull sound in his ears.

Cao Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then asked the team members around him in a low voice: "Is there a big explosion in Yixian County? How much gunpowder does it consume?"

A team member who is proficient in using gunpowder replied softly: "Many, many, enough for our Liangzhou Legion to use gunpowder for many years!" ~
Chapter completed!